Saturday, October 20, 2012
Day 290
There was a farewell ceremony held on Friday, October 19th to say goodbye to me and the 4 student teachers at my school. My drama students performed a play, a student spoke, I gave a farewell speech, and the student teachers and I all sang a Malay song. I put together a few clips from the assembly--enjoy!
Friday, October 19, 2012
Day 289
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| My principal, mentor, and I after the farewell ceremony they held for me. |
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| Ta-da! We are FINISHED! |
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| The completed mural. I'm really happy with it! |
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| I love my practicum teachers :) |
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| My drama students right after their drama "Fairy Tale Confusion" |
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Day 288
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| Field trip to Sungai Lembing where we hiked up Panorama Hill. Exhausting but glad to have spent one of my last days at school with my students hiking :) |
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| My form 1 students (13 years old) and I at the top |
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| Milo got spayed :( She has to wear cone around her head for 2 weeks!! She is learning how to walk with it without running into everything. |
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Goodbye letters
The good news - computer is up and running!!!
The bad news - This is my last full week of teaching :( I'm also very behind in typing up final reports and such, so I've been so busy trying to tie up lose ends.
I will start uploading pictures to my blog very soon...but to hold you over until then, I typed up some of my final class letters that I had every student write to me. Enjoy reading them :)
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The bad news - This is my last full week of teaching :( I'm also very behind in typing up final reports and such, so I've been so busy trying to tie up lose ends.
I will start uploading pictures to my blog very soon...but to hold you over until then, I typed up some of my final class letters that I had every student write to me. Enjoy reading them :)
I gave each student the choice of writing their own letter to me, or they could "fill in the blanks" to an already typed out letter.
In ten years, I want to be …
o
an
engineer because I want to
create something new.
o
a teacher
because I want to be like
Miss Lauren.
o
a pilot
because I wanna bring her
back to Malaysia.
o
a scientist
because I want to create new
things that is good.
o
a happy
person because I want to
bring happy to all the people.
o
a
teacher because I can teach the kid all that Ms. Lauren
teached me.
o
a
designer because I want to
design Miss Lauren’s baju kurung. (baju kurung = traditional Malay skirt and shirt I wear to
school daily, maybe mine are ugly ;)
o
a
smart guy because I want to
have dinner with her.
o a boss because
I need money to visit Miss Lauren.
o
sellmen
(salesman) because my mouth got power.
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In ten years, I think Miss Lauren will be
o
married
to someone special.
o
a
mother.
o
a
successor.
o
proud of
me.
o
rich.
o
very
and very “young” and beautiful.
o
somebody’s
wife.
o
more
cool and beautiful.
o
a
mother with ten kids.
o
a
billionaire.
o
a
pretty woman in the world.
o
proud.
o
more
beautiful.
o
old.
o
a
successful women.
o
so old
to be recognized.
o
super
mum’s for his children.
o
a
principal.
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My favorite thing Miss Lauren does is…
o smile.
o
always
makes us laugh.
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I love English class because Miss Lauren
always….
o
there
to cheer me up.
o
smiling.
o
play
games.
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One thing I learned from Miss Lauren is
o to speak in English slang perfectly.
o
how to
speak excellent English
o
to
being a good person.
o
to
speak English well with confident
o
how to
be happy.
o
to be
a gentleman.
o
never
cheat in whatever games we play.
o
always
be cheerful, kind, and patience.
o
don’t
usually give up on something that you do.
o we must communicate with other races people so that we can have some interesting
things to enjoyed together.
o
Smile
always and face the fact with positive thinking.
o
keep
thing simple.
o
try to
use our brain to thinking.
o
make others
laugh but not cry.
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When I visit Miss Lauren in the USA I want to…
o
bring
her around the world.
o
bring
Miss Lauren a big hug.
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I also received some hand-written letters..
Dear lovely Miss
Lauren Parson,
“Yo, what’s up?” This is the first
thing I learnt from you when you first came to our school in Malaysia, SMK
Teluk Chempedak. I’m quite sure you will remember me. This will be the last
time I wrote letter to you.
I was so sad when I heard that Miss
Lauren is going back to Maryland, United States of America. Time flies. I still
remember you first came to our school on March. That’s when I heard you say “yo
what’s up?” I always pay attention whenever you conducted activities.
I love the way you teach us…or…maybe
it’s play. I always saw you joking, laughing, cheering, and playing. You look
beautiful and lovely whenever you play with us. I love to play with you, Miss
Lauren. Vidya says you are gorgeous after 10 years although you are in 30’s,
maybe. I agree of that too.
I am very sad now. Hope that you
won’t go back. No, sorry, it’s hope that you will come back to visit us. Till
next time, bye.
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Dear Miss Lauren,
Hi teacher I hope you are in pink of
health. I am Kong from 2M at SMK Teluk Chempedak. I will miss you after you
leave Malaysia.
When you started to teach me I fell
like I was the happiest people to get a teacher like you. I can play inside the
classroom when you came in because you always have plan to do every week.
In all this year, I have learn
English but you teaches me in a fun way that I can improve my grammar. You even
bring your family and friends to the classroom. I learn that we must be quiet
when we play game because Mr. Vijay is always teaching other subject in next
class. (He is the discipline teacher at school and the kids are terrified
of him)
I had a blast with teacher as teacher took
us our to English camp. I have never enter a English camp before teacher came.
Malaysia and America are very far but I hope we could met again, or we can chat
using Facebook.
I am going to miss your curly hair,
fair skin, beautiful face when you are back to America.
PS- If you buy all the
apple project in Malaysia do not upgrade version in America because it will
lock all the system.
Dear Ms. Lauren,
This may be the last time we see
each other again. Due to the recent events, which is our end-year examination.
If we ever did anything wrong or ever said something that offended you, please
forgive us.
Teacher, please don’t go away! We
love English classes which was always had been taught by you. You are a light
in a dark room, a penny in our wallets, and a sunflower in a rose garden. You
have been teaching us for about 6 or 7 months, if we are not able to understand
you, or we ever get you in trouble, forgive us.
SMK TC will be a boring and dull
place without a light here. Everytime you enter our class, happiness and jokes
fly around except the day when we were ratted out by Mr. Vijay. The lessons
about America, the jokes about us all, the films you showed us have all been a
valuable memory to us.
I will miss your curly hair, your
fair skin, and your gorgeous smile, face, and everything about you. I miss you
teacher.
Dear Miss Lauren,
I love English class so much!
Because I can see you at the moment. My favorite thing that you do is playing
games with us. It can improve our English skills and having fun. I love it!
Miss Lauren, I like your watch so
much!! It is damn nice! In addition, the sunglass that you wear I think it is
suitable for you, just for you!
One thing I learned from you is even
though the sun aren’t shine, we can also wear a sunglass as you!
Miss Lauren, you are the only one
teacher I love and respect. I will not going to forget you, Miss Lauren.
Thanks for sharing your life and
knowledge for us. Thanks for teaching me to shuffle.
PS – I like your
height too, you are tall!
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Dear Miss Lauren,
I love the way you teach me English
since you got here in Malaysia. You always make me laugh and giggles. I think
in ten years, you’ll be a successful woman in America.
I want to thank you because you
teach me drama and teached me English. I can speak better in English and I also
learned how to act in front of people.
After school, I want to go to the
University of Herpatology in Towson to learn about reptile and amphibian. My
idol is Dr. Brady Barr.
We all love you Miss Lauren.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Day 279
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| Milo surrounded by her new toys |
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| All of Milo's family and friends at her birthday party. She is very loved! |
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| Milo tries on a tudong (head scarf) but doesn't really like it |
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| Happy Birthday Milo!!!! |
Monday, October 8, 2012
Day 278
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| In preparation for Milo's 5 month birthday party, Auntie Holly and I went to the fabric store, chose some fabulous fabric, and made her a tutu. |
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Day 276
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| Driving home from Owen's English camp in Cherk Paloh. I love the drive home, right along the ocean. |
Friday, October 5, 2012
Day 275
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| Dr. Zakir Naik is a famous Islamic scholar who came to give a lecture in Kuantan. As soon as we walked in we were suddenly VIPs and ushered to the front row of the auditorium. |
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Day 274
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| Apartment hunting in KL is exhausting. This was the first one I visited and even though I saw a few more after this one, this was my favorite. Luckily, we were able to secure this apartment and will be moving in November 1st! |
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Day 273
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| This is what assembly looks like at my school. About 500 students sit on the ground and listen to whatever teacher is speaking or conducting an activity. There is also an assembly every Monday morning. |
Computer down
Just a quick update...my laptop is having some issues and the only place to fix it is in KL, so I'll make the trek tomorrow and hopefully have a working laptop soon. Once I do, I'll catch up on the pictures. A few recent updates...
- English camp went great! The activities we had planned for all 3 days were a big success and the kids LOVED tye-dying shirts.
- On a not-so-good note, 2 of my students fell ill the last night of English camp, so I was up until 3am dealing with that. One student became possessed by an evil spirit...ask me for the story behind that one. (It's a common occurrence in Malaysia)
- And on an even worse note, one of my dear students passed away suddenly last week in a motorbike accident. I left English camp early to attend the funeral ceremony. Actually, if you scroll down in my blog and look at Day 265, in the class picture, he is the one in the yellow tie. He was the class clown and always cracking jokes, while staying on task. He was only 16 :(
- English camp went great! The activities we had planned for all 3 days were a big success and the kids LOVED tye-dying shirts.
- On a not-so-good note, 2 of my students fell ill the last night of English camp, so I was up until 3am dealing with that. One student became possessed by an evil spirit...ask me for the story behind that one. (It's a common occurrence in Malaysia)
- And on an even worse note, one of my dear students passed away suddenly last week in a motorbike accident. I left English camp early to attend the funeral ceremony. Actually, if you scroll down in my blog and look at Day 265, in the class picture, he is the one in the yellow tie. He was the class clown and always cracking jokes, while staying on task. He was only 16 :(
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Monday, October 1, 2012
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Friday, September 28, 2012
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Day 266
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| Putting up the quote. Took much longer than I thought it would but at least I had some helpers! |
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| Almost finished stenciling the letters... |
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| Done for the day! |
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Day 265
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| My last class with 4S |
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| And the mural begins! |
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| Done for the day |
Also, for those of you wondering what Milo is like when she's not posing for pictures, now you can see for yourself! Milo's youtube debut...
Monday, September 24, 2012
Day 264
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| Another day, another flat tire |
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| Entertainment in my last class of the day. They really love the trash! |
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| After classes..they are taking over the school! |
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| Add caption |
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Day 262
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| Lots of work on a Saturday! Planning for our last English camp (3 day/2 night-- 100+ students from 5 schools) is no easy task. |
Friday, September 21, 2012
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Day 260
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| Beach afterschool! I'm really going to miss these relaxing evenings. About one more month to go! |
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Day 259
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| She really loved my necklace, so I let her borrow my bracelet (which served as a necklace for her) for a little while |
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Monday, September 17, 2012
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Friday, September 14, 2012
Day 254
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| Milo the beggar |
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| Delicious lunch at Prince Court Hospital in KL It's more like a 5-star hotel than a hospital! |
Thursday, September 13, 2012
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